An excellent question!
I have two possible excuses, but no good answer. First, coming from a Kingdom where coursing is not really cared about by the Royals, I was thinking they probably wouldn't be interested (at least ours). The second reason was knowing how incredibly busy all the monarchs are at this war, I didn't really want to impose on anyone or make them feel obligated to attend yet another activity. We did have Her Majesty from... An Tir? I think? Forgive me, I don't remember (but her Chamberlain is on this list and I'm sure will quickly correct me!!) Who came and watched for just a short bit (couldn't spare more time) and hosted a wonderful Hound Meet on Friday morning that many of us attended. So we did at least have some Royal interaction. I think several years ago Yasmeena scheduled one of the coursing sessions to coincide with the Queens' Tea. Perhaps we can try something like that for future Estrellas. Christiaen --- In [email protected], "Bruce Witt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'll keep this a short question, since I didn't cut the string any. Why > weren't the Royals invited to come and slip the hounds? Was it just a > question of timing, or was it just not thought of? > > Inquiring minds want to know? > > Corin. > why am I up so late? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fionnghuala The Fewterer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:21 PM > Subject: [SCA_Coursing] Re: Lure Coursing Fun > > > > > > > > Greetings! > > > > Nyla ran....mostly away and around, and made a spectacle of herself > > but we did discover that she LOVES to chase Ludwig around the course. > > That worked out pretty well, except for when Ludwig lost sight of the > > lure and they both went dashing into the crowds. I think Nyla has the > > prey instinct down pat but she had no interest in the baggy. I wonder > > how many times around the course it would take for her to figure out > > that we're chasing the baggy not other dogs? I think Nyla was well > > matched with Ludwig though since he could outrun her because she > > likes to knock back legs out if she can catch up. > > > > We did discover that whippets and grey's coursing around the corners, > > probably should warn people that they might turn a wide corner and > > crash into them at speeds capable of knocking people on thier butts > > too! I think all the doggies had fun though and it was very > > entertaining for everyone to watch and see what each dog would do out > > there. We had clowns and pro's represented. Ludwig was very > > impressive with how intent he was on the lure start to finish, and > > how he couldn't wait to get out there and chase it! We also had > > mundane greyhound owners that I found in the market place the day > > before, return the next day to try a turn at lure coursing with their > > two rescues, they had a blast. Maybe we got new SCAdian's out of > > them, if not, we certainly have a couple of people turned onto lure > > coursing. > > > > Perhaps we might think also about having some people to stand around > > certain spots in the course to keep things like....golf carts and > > royal processions from crossing into the course during a run. There > > was some potential problems with that as...both sorts of incidents > > happened. Luckily the royal procession was occuring just as we were > > done but I'd hate to have a Queen bowled over by a hound at full > > speed. But there was a hound running when the golf carts decided to > > cut across the lure course and got stuck on the line. I'd hate to see > > what happens when a golf cart and a hound meet during a coursing. Any > > ideas/experience on this one? > > > > My son took photos of every dog that ran, but the best shots are of > > Ludwig and Nyla turning a corner and heading straight for him. You > > can see the hounds at top speed, muscles bunched together and at a > > goodly lean as they are turning. Funny, the next shot is of a blur of > > grass...must have been when the hounds got my son to fly over the > > bale of hay! We'll post some of the good shots on the group site. I > > think the two Great Dane pups were the slowest runners I've ever > > seen, each breed had it's own approach, the shepherds were trying to > > herd the lure by cutting it off! Too much fun! > > > > Fionnghuala the Fewterer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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